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Impoliteness : using language to cause offence /

"When is language considered 'impolite'? Is impolite language only used for anti-social purposes? Can impolite language be creative? What is the difference between 'impoliteness' and 'rudeness'? Grounded in naturally-occurring language data and drawing on findings...

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Main Author: Culpeper, Jonathan
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Series:Studies in interactional sociolinguistics ; 28
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